Soprano Joni Henson is one of Canada’s most thrilling performers on both the opera and concert stage. After earning her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and an Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Toronto Joni has gone on to perform in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
An active performer before the COVID-19 pandemic she sang as Fricka in DAS RHEINGOLD for Pacific Opera Victoria, Senta in DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER for Calgary Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria, Elisabetta in DON CARLOS for Vancouver Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, Tosca for Pacific Opera Victoria, Desdemona in OTELLO with Calgary Opera, and as Gutrune in Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the Canadian Opera Company. Concert credits include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony and the Detroit Symphony, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Orchestre Metropolitain, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Calgary Philharmonic and Opera Galas for the Colorado and Fairfax Symphonies.
In 2019 Joni opened a piano and voice studio and is devoted to teaching and sharing her love for music with her students. When not traveling for the next performance, you can find Joni at home with her husband John and tuxedo cat Lola.